A/N - Q and A
Guest: Interesting! Thanks for addressing the question, so if Britt and team go to Santana's planet, they would need to bring their own life energy as well. I actually starting to wonder about how much does Carl know about life energy? He ordered the attacking is because he wanted to take up Britt's planet life energy, but does he know it can't be used by them easily?
To Guest: I would say your observation is correct. Your question will be answered in future chapters. In general, you have the life-energy understood correctly. Thanks for the question.
Ch 4: Origins and the Holiday Mission
Pierce leans back against the trunk and gets into a comfortable position while you roll over slightly so that you're lying down on your side, head propped up in your hand.
"None of us really know the spiritual side to life-energy except that there is some sort of spiritual side to it.. and none of us really believed it until now," she begins and looks over at you.
Joe's eyes go slightly wider as he takes note of the black cylinder you're still holding in one of your hands.
"We think that there are two forms of life-energy and we're a little confused about it because Santana here, is from Narpollo-", Joe's eyes squint a little as he studies you with this new information, "-and we've noticed that she only responds to energy from their planet, contained in that black cylinder."
"How little faith do those have until they tangibly see," Joe says as he shakes his head raising his hands all flustered. "There is a reason why spiritual things exist! They're not just mumbo jumbo you guys. It's been preserved for this long because it is true. Let me enlighten you as I think titans should know this information of all human beings."
Both you and Pierce give him your undivided attention in this secret sharing circle of Canada.
"Now, as the mythology goes, the Sun and the Moon are planets now, but once upon many eons ago, they were mythological creatures of the galaxy called titans or basically gods. People either worshiped the Sun god or the Moon god, based on their values."
"You could simplify it to the Sun god being the good righteous one, and the Moon god being the devious, bad one. Now these titans thrived off of energy and the Sun god being the better one had more energy, as it was favoured the most by the life-energy and good in the world. Moon god got jealous, and the battle of a century occurred. In the midst of destruction, they created and destroyed planets as a result of their powers clashing. Eventually, the all-seeing power that is omnipotent got tired of their bantering and locked both of them away in the planets they created, the sun and the moon."
He paused for effect. Or to make sure you were both still awake.
"Because the Sun god had more energy and was more powerful, the Sun is much bigger than the Moon. The two forms of energy you see are from these two respective gods who have released their life-energy in the hopes of preserving and finishing their battles. What I and several others believe, is that these two titans have released their life-energy on these planets, where humans are, so that they may create a human incarnation of themselves so that they can finally finish one another. No other organism in the galaxy is smart enough to comprehend otherwise."
Both you and Pierce remain in your spots as you try to process the information. It takes a few moments before you speak.
"So hold up, you're saying that us titans are actually mythological gods?" you ask.
Joe shakes his head.
"No, you two are not. You two are chosen by the Sun and Moon gods to wield their power so that you can fight each other when the time comes."
"Wait, then I don't get it. What if we just tell the other titans this and stop the fight from happening? That would prevent either of those gods to be released, am I right?" asks Pierce.
"You can potentially do that. You see, this is why I live out here in the wilderness. I am part of the Order of the Odom."
"Odom?" you ask.
"Odom, the name of the almighty powerful omnipotent being that controls everything. I know this sounds really abstract to you right now, but trust me. We're not freaks who just want to be away from civilization. There's a reason why the Order lives out here in the wilderness. We know that the Sun god is here on Predastar, in the form of a human. Yes, his physical being is trapped within the planet of the Sun, but he can extend himself through his life-energy. The Sun god also knows we exist and so we must remain in hiding as we're the ones who are trying to figure out which of the titans is actually the Sun god and secretly orchestrating this final battle against the Moon. So even if you titans unite, there are still the reincarnations of the Sun and Moon god titans on Predastar and Narpollo who are trying to destroy one another, which means destroying the opposing planet to cut off that energy supply."
"Shit," you say.
"Whoa.." says Pierce. "This is serious. So have you figured out who it is yet?"
"Nope, we've got hunches and there aren't very many of you but it's still very tough. The Order has people inside the metropolis but it takes a long time to observe and then compare to the mythology," Joe responds.
A moment of silence passes by as you try to comprehend what's being told to you here.
"So you're saying that my planet, and this planet, are going to cahoots because two beasts from billions of years ago don't know that sharing is caring, and our whole lives have been training so that we can kill each other," you say.
"You can put it that way, yes," responds Joe.
"Well why didn't you tell the titans here earlier?!" you say, almost yelling in anger. You were just told your life is pre-programmed to eliminate other people because of some old man argument.
"He tried to..." begins Pierce. She's looking at the floor.
"Then what have you been doing this whole time?" you ask.
"He tried to -" she begins again. "-but Commander Schuester told you guys is was nonsense and that I was high on wilderness pot," finishes Joe.
"He's our Commander, who was I to believe? Besides, that was the first time I met you and you do seem like you're high all of the time," Pierce says.
Joe laughs, "maybe I am. But what's the matter? I'm part of the Order of Odom, and we all swore to each other that our priority is to keep the galaxy at peace because if either of the gods are released, who knows what would ensue."
"I don't trust you, because you seem like a crazy mofo running around in the wild, no offense. But, we have nothing else to go on right now," you state. "Is there any way we can confirm this mumbo jumbo? You know, without the mystic readings told by you?"
"Santana-" Pierce looks uncertainly at you.
"Yeah. Well there is the Rizok Rock," Joe says. "It's a place in space with giant engravings re-telling this whole mythology, supposedly created by Odom."
You brighten up. "Oh, so where is it?"
"I don't know. No one does. It's in the mythology though."
Pierce rests her head in her hands and looks forward. After a while, Joe crosses his legs on the rock and closes his eyes. "Great," she pouts.
A couple of minutes go by with silence. Joe seems to be nodding off on the rock so you decide to wake him up.
"What are you doing, Joe?" you ask.
"Praying for you guys."
"Oh. How come?"
"I've never seen a stronger bond between two people in my life. And you're from different planets. It's no mere coincidence that I was brought here to teach you these things. I truly believe that you two are important pieces to the overall puzzle. Therefore, I am praying to Odom to give you strength to do whatever it is you need to do to set things straight."
You don't know how to respond to this so you just roll onto your back to rest your head in your hands, letting him do his thing for you.
Pierce cuts the silence. "I believe him," she says.
Immediately, you sit up, leaning on your hands. "Then so do I," you confirm. You'll back up Pierce even if she went loco.
Pierce smiles at you and nods back to Joe. "So your mythology gives us a a reason as to why Santana only responds to her 'dark energy' as we call it. Because she's technically a descendant or part of the Moon god and it's energy?" she asks.
"Yes. Fun fact, that's also why you're called titans. You're named after the godly titans that began this life-energy duel."
"Wait a second," you begin. You feel the wheels in your brain stirring. "The only person to coin that term on Narpollo is my boss Carl, the first titan on Narpollo. And he's the one that makes all of the plans, like the battle against your planet," you say to Pierce.
Pierce's lips tighten into a thin line. "And that role belongs to Schuester on our turf.." she says. "Could Schuester possibly be the Sun god?"
"And Carl the Moon god?" you add.
"Possibly!" snaps Joe. "It makes total sense. I need to go tell the Order to get some intel on this. Ladies, if you'll excuse me, it's been a pleasure. I hope our encounter has been as rewarding to you as it has been to me. Nice to meet you Santana. Peace out." He's already on the move to leap up the tree.
"Thanks Joe!" Pierce calls out to Joe as he climbs the tree with amazing speed and then leaps from the tree to the ledge of the hole, scurrying away beyond our sight.
"Wow, did that just happen?" you ask.
"Did we just discover the truth behind our history and possibly the most important information that can prevent a world disaster? I sincerely think so, honey."
Pierce doesn't get a chance to see you blush as right on cue, Kitty's voice emerges from Pierce's lattimus armour near the neck line since her helmet is powered down. "Captain, you need to get back here right now."
"On my way, Kitty," Pierce says standing up, already powering up her helmet. You get up too but remember a promise you made to your friend.
"Captain, could I meet you at HQ? I promise I won't try anything tricky. I want to get Evans a starfruit while I'm here or else I'll never hear the end of it," you say.
"How will you get back?" Pierce asks.
"I'm smart."
"You opened your eyes didn't you," she accuses.
"Um no," you say, pretending to be offended. "I'll just fly up to the sky and locate the big blazing purple force-field surrounding metropolis."
"Okay, fair enough. Sorry I gotta go. Duty calls, see ya," she smiles. And with that, Pierce blasts off through the hole in the ceiling and disappears within a millisecond.
You're left alone to your thoughts, sitting alone in Canada.
The news you were just given has many implications and you feel an imminent dread in the pit of your stomach, although not quite sure what it is foreshadowing.
Your eyes glow with heat as you shoot out a laser beam to slice a bit of rock off of the one Joe was sitting on moments earlier before hastily abandoning you. With your left hand, you pick up the sliced off rock and begin to scrape a picture onto the dark grey stone wall of cave Canada. You were never particularly good at art but here goes nothing...
/
Kitty jumps out of her chair after spotting you in the doorway.
"Britt, I think I've got a lead on confirming things about the two life-energy forms," she says excitedly.
"Me too, but you go first," you say with a big smile.
"Okay," Kitty says. She leads you over to her holographic screens at her lab area. On her large screen, she pulls open a smaller window which shows a dark image on the screen in which you can't quite make out. Your eyes are still adjusting from the rapid transition of outdoors to indoors.
"This, is the Bavarian Planes. Have you ever heard of it?" asks Kitty.
"No, what is it?" you respond.
"The Bavarian Planes is something that not many people have heard of. I discovered it while reading some mythology textbooks and the Bavarian Planes was mentioned in every single one."
"Kitty, it just looks like black on the screen," you say.
"Oh, yes, sorry I put on a filter. I was trying to look for specific properties." She presses some glowing buttons on the screen and immediately, you see the image on the screen change.
The image is of what looks like a giant floating rock with a semi-flat surface on top, in the middle of space. The stars around the rock are glowing brightly in a multitude of colours.
"What is it?" you ask.
"So get this. The Bavarian Planes are apparently where the life-energy is from. I'm trying to locate where the Bavarian planes are and get some more information but it's tough doing it on my own. I'm well-versed in the current life-energy stuff but as for mythological ages, not my expertise. So, I've contacted a prof I kind of know from academia and she says she'll contact us some time around dinner when she's got more time."
"So you think we should go there? Because I learned some pretty mythological stuff too and all evidence so far points to some ancient mythology we should've been paying attention to all along," you say.
"One hundred percent. We need to understand this before we do anything. I think that the two life-energy forms is something much bigger than itself. It's got to have a purpose."
"You are on the right track, I think. If you believe what I'm about to tell you, it explains the importance of the two forms of life-energy." You go on and explain your encounter with Joe and by the end, both you and Kitty look like excited school girls about to go shopping.
"Oh my god, I can't wait til dinner time. We could be discovering information that changes the fate of the galaxy. Literally!" Kitty exclaims. "Your little experiment... did it work?" she asks.
"Yes! Thank you for the reminder. I need to go tell Artie so he can upgrade Santana's lattimus and attach a cylinder of dark energy to her. Will the energy ever run out?" you ask.
"I think it's likely that it will, yes. Just like we keep harvesting energy and recycle our life-energy, I think dark energy works that way too."
"Great, I guess it's just the waiting game now. I've got to go debrief everyone about this," you say.
"You hear from Schuester recently?"
"Nope, not since before the battle," you respond. "We need to keep it on the down low that we're to be monitoring him once he's back on our radar."
Kitty nods. The only time you've encountered Schuester are when he needs you and otherwise, he disappears. There's got to be a way to track him down.
"Okay. Hey, Britt, one more thing. Maybe do it at dinner? Telling the gang, I mean. You look like you need some rest and time to yourself to process it all," Kitty says looking concerned. You've basically been running around non-stop since the battle trying to get things under control and settle Lopez in.
"Rude, haha. My eye bags can't be that bad.. but noted. Some shut eye would be nice. Peace!" You bound out of the research control center and head towards your room to take a nap. On your way, you pass by Sam's room in which you hear a "YES YOU ROCK!" from an overly excited Sam, followed by an "ugh, get off of me you loser," from a certain titan you're particularly fond of.
You poke your head through the opened door and see Sam bear hugging Lopez with a starfruit in his hand. You're going to keep that snapshot for later on. Sam in nothing but his boxers, flinging the little Lopez around in his room. Too funny.
You continue on and know that Mike is dancing in his room because of the vibrations from the bass that you feel with each step getting closer to his room. You peek through the window of the door and see Mike popping and locking to some dubstep sounding song. Next door is Marley playing cards with Ryder, and finally you hear Kurt and Berry animatedly talking in Rachel's room.
You'll let them have some fun before you tell them the new information.
/
Dinner time rolls around and everyone gathers around in the lounge to grab some food that the medics have prepared. Tonight, it seemed like a fiesta night with loads of chili and guacamole in the menu. The bunch of you sit down on the couches as you munch away at the food.
"Wow, Mercedes, this is amazing," Sam says as he scoops up a giant spoonful of chili into his mouth.
"Why thank you," she says looking pleased with herself. "Tina helped out, but the recipe is from my mom. I can get you the recipe if you would like?"
"Me too! I never would've pictured me saying this but your chili is just absolutely divine," says Berry dramatically with her hand pressed against her chest.
You can't resist.
"Hey Lopez, this food is good, but it's so non-peanut buttery, am I right?" you call over to Lopez who's lounging on the couch across from you, one foot lazily hanging over the armrest.
She catches your drift instantaneously. She always does.
"Good observation, Captain. Definitely missing the hint of crunch and pissazz that organic peanut butter has," she responds.
"Just nothing like sticking our hands into a jar of peanut butter-" you say,
"-and literally licking it out of the jar with our tongues,"
"- for our entire dinner, literally." you reiterate..
"Nope, nothing like a good night in with good company, and someone else's jar of peanut butter."
"Nicely phrased there, Santana."
Berry is as red as beet root in the face and looks like she's about to explode.
"Our friends are so weird and rude," says Kurt.
"Nicely phrased there, Kurt," Berry responds through gritted teeth.
You're still not done laughing by the time Berry gets back from checking on her peanut butter, or rather, what remains of it.
"Ahem," Artie clears his throat. "Loving the vibe here guys but on a serious note, we've called this titan team dinner because we've got some news to tell you."
"Right," you say, wiping away the tears in your eyes. You take a deep breath before the plunge. "So, everyone, I've got some news to tell you," you begin.
After relaying all that you know to everyone, not even omitting the part of Schuester possibly being part of the plot, the reactions are quite hilarious.
"Impossible. Just impossible. I refuse to believe this," says Kurt as he crosses his arms and leg, looking angry.
"I knew it! I knew that guy had some secrets under his curly hairdo," exclaims Sam.
Mike just gets up and yells "WHY?"
Everyone seems to be shocked and not knowing whether to believe it or not. You don't blame them. Coming to terms that your life has been created just for one purpose and that the fate of the galaxy rests in your hands is quite the mind blower. All except for Lopez, obviously, because you chose her to come with you to your secret place. You wanted to get to know her, see whether she was really on your side or not by bringing her out into the open lands of your planet.
"Lopez, what are you thinking?" you ask. She looks up at you, eyes searching your face like they always do. She then puts her chili down in her lap. This is her chance to show her allegiance to your team, (although little do you know that her allegiance is actually to you.)
"I think that whether we believe the mythology or not as a team doesn't matter." She looks around at your team. "All we know are little pieces of information, but that's all we have. We need to act on them because I can't help but think, what if we don't?"
The crew continues to eat and ponder Santana's words.
"It's true. I mean, we're doing nothing here all day anyways. We're basically sitting ducks waiting around. Narpollo's going to attack again some time soon and we'll be too busy to deal with this stuff when that time comes," says Ryder.
"Yeah, you know, I'm not cool with my fate being sealed like that. We have a hand in changing what we become," adds Mike.
"I agree, I mean, it's your decision Captain, but I'm in for this mission and figuring out what all this stuff means," says Kurt. As expected, Berry stands up and proceeds to stand on the table in the middle of all of the couches.
"I for one, would like to applaud this moment-" you roll your eyes as Berry speaks, "-as we are really coming together as a team. I think that we should be behind Brittan-"
Midway through Berry's soliloquy, in which no one is paying attention to, a large holographic screen pops open in the middle of the couches and the face of a woman with long blonde hair appears, yelling "OLA CLASSE!", earning a cluster of "-the hell?", "-holy shit!", and several screams from the titans. No one notices Berry fall off of the table in terror.
"Professor Holliday!" screeches Kitty from her seat on the arm of the couch.
The blonde woman starts to laugh with crinkles forming at her eyes. The holographic screen rotates mid-air until it finds Kitty.
"Hey chicka, how's it poppin?" says Professor Holliday.
Most of the crew has regained their composure now and are attempting to return to normal eating while watching this interaction.
"Oh my gosh, welcome!" says Kitty. "Sorry, we're just eating right now."
"Oh no problema sweet cheeks! I like the element of SURPRISE," she says as her holographic screen suddenly rotates and moves in front of Artie's face. He shrieks and drops his spoon on the ground.
"Sorry four eyes," she says, turning back to Kitty. "Ready for the down low?"
"Yeah, but first, this is Captain or Commander Brittany Pierce, leader of the titans. You and her will be corresponding on this mission," says Kitty.
"Pleasure to meet you, you beautiful thing," Professor Holliday says winking at you.
You immediately go bright red and feel flustered. "Thanks, you too Professor Holliday!" you wave shyly.
Professor Holliday makes a scrunched up face at that and says "oh please, just call me Holly."
"Okay, Holly. What can you tell us?" you ask.
"Well guys and gals, you're in for a ride."
The whole crew is here, sitting around the holographic Holly Holliday as you quickly put down your dinner to give her your full attention. What you hear is not what you were expecting at all. Holly starts to rap.
"I am Holly, as you know, and I am the best history teacher fo sho. So let me deliver this to you in a hot and dazzling way. Holly's in the house now so listen up, oh haaay! The Bavarian planes is what I teach, and it's so cool yous gonna screech. Where all life-energy was made and began, are also ruins depicting life story of titaaaans. I've never ever seen it before, but man if I did I would drop dead on the floor. My life's research has pinpointed the coordinates, but the funding agencies won't cover tits! Lemme break it down for you all, take me with you in your brawl. President McGuinty can't refuse you, this joining is the key for us two!"
A roar of applause erupts and you stand on your feet whooping loudly.
"Man if school was taught by her I totally would've loved it," Ryder whispers over to you.
You raise your arms. "Okay, okay, okay, settle down guys," you beckon everyone to sit. "That was nothing short of pure awesome, Holly."
"Serious, you could do on Narpollo, you could do," says Lopez approvingly.
"Well thank ya'll for that," Holly smiles. "But seriously, the only way we can both get what we want is by joining forces. Put me on your team with Kitty and four eyes. I'll get you to the Bavarian planes, and you guys can get help us all get there by getting President Irish to give the green light on this research trip since he'll bend over backwards to give you fools anything and everythang." She raised her hands and made the quotation mark signal with her hands when she said "research trip".
"Wait, why can't we just go because we're titans? Why so we need to make it a research trip?" you ask.
"Because we can't have something this big get out to the public yet. We've got to be sure of our intel. If the nation's super heroes suddenly jet off without a purpose, they're going to panic and think something's up," says Kitty. "Well something is up, we just don't know what yet."
You look around at the team who are all looking back at you.
"Titans, are we a go?" you ask.
Your team responds positively. Holly is all grins on the screen.
"Let's rock and roll. Mission Holliday is officially a go. Will chat more with you later Kitty. Adios kiddos. We out." Holly's holographic screen disappears and you all just stare at the spot her hologram was at.
"I think I like her," Lopez says.
"Is she seriously a professor?" asks Kurt. "I would've never guessed judging by her looks." You see Mike and Marley face palm themselves because you all know what's going to come next. A Kitty feminist-blondist explosion.
"I'll have you know that that woman has written three textbooks on the Bavarian planes. Unbelievable that women in academia is still so surprising these days!" Kitty storms off waving her hands as Kurt runs after her trying to console her. "JUST BECAUSE WE'RE WOMEN, AND NOT NERDY ONES MIND YOU, DOES NOT MEAN WE ARE NOT SMART."
"No it's just the sudden outburst of rap and the blonde hair that threw me off-"
"Blonde hair. BLONDE HAIR. AND TO THINK YOU'RE GAY AND A SUPPORTER OF MINORITIES. BLONDES ARE BECOMING EXTINCT."
"KITTY WAIT-" Kurt and Kitty disappear down the hall, presumably to Kitty's room so she can throw her belongings at him.
Santana leans over to Ryder. "Please tell me that they're going to cat fight, human style?"
"Nope, they'll probably hug it out in about ten seconds," he responds.
"Oh, well that's boring."
You stand up and bring your empty bowl to the dishwashing robot in the kitchen and head back over to the lounge where everyone is still finishing up their food.
"Rachel, please tell this to Kurt after." She nods. You want to get the show on the road. "Alright. As a recap, this is what's going on. We know classified intel on mythological titans invading our planet and attempting to destroy one another's planets, also known as Predastar and Narpollo, because of their millenia long feud. They have reincarnated themselves in the form of what we think as Schuester and a man named Carl, respectively being the Sun and Moon gods. Our job is to prevent that from happening, if that's the case. So far, we have living proof-" you point to Lopez. She raises her hands like she's raising the roof, "-that two forms of life-energy exists. We also have evidence from textbooks, courtesy of Kitty, and folk stories from the spiritual believers. I know it's not much to go by but it's our duty as titans to get to the bottom of this because guys, if this is real, we're going to be needed." You observe your titans reactions to your recap and wait for a response.
"We're with you Captain," says Sam. The others nod in agreement. "What's our next mission and what is the end goal?"
You nod towards the hall where Kitty and Kurt disappeared to. "If those two ever stop being such drama queens, our next mission is to get the go from President McGuinty to launch our research voyage to pay a visit to where we and the life-energy apparently came from - the Bavarian planes. Hopefully we can get some confirmation there about what's true and what to do proceeding that."
"Captain, I'd like to complete the mission of approving mission Holliday with Marley. We'll get the board and President McGuinty to approve. We've got this," Ryder says as he stands up.
Artie rolls beside Ryder, "And I'll get the hovercraft ready. Mike, Sam, I'm going to need some man power."
"We got you bro," says Sam. "Yeah," agrees Mike.
"I'm sure you require assistance in the organization of supplies. I will offer you my services to the best of my abilities." Rachel makes her way over to Artie, smiling her famous Rachel Berry smile.
"Tina, Mercedes, you know how to prep for trips. I really appreciate the both of you coming along if you would not mind," you say.
"Oh hell to the no are you leaving us here. We're going with you," says Mercedes.
That leaves your one favourite titan left.
"Lopez! Look sharp. You're with me. We've got some planning to do," you say.
"We do?"
You smile walking towards her. She's still slumped on the couch after devouring the chili. "Well who else can get us into Narpollo?" Her eyes widen. "We'll have to enlighten your fellow titans won't we?" She grins up at you. You offer your hand to her and pull her up once she takes hold. Side by side, you face the rest of your team.
"Titans, I love you all. You're the best team anyone could ask for." The team gathers around close to you.
"Titans on three?" you ask.
"One, two, three, titans, HOOAH!" you all yell.
"See you kids in the A.M," you say.
The titans start to disperse to their respective rooms while you sit down on the couch with Lopez. You wait until it's just the two of you left.
"So, a little different from the way Narpollo titans work, I'm assuming?" you ask.
"Yeah. Maybe. Maybe you guys rock a little. Okay, maybe a lot." Lopez looks down at her lap. "Thanks for saving me there," you look at her confused, "you know, with giving me a job to do."
You nudge her side with your elbow. "Hey, I'll always look out for you, know that. But I was serious back there. We've really got to do some planning."
"Wait, we're actually going to Narpollo?"
"Of course! We need to get those titan friends of yours on board, and possibly get some more intel on Carl."
Lopez looks ecstatic one moment, but as soon as her elation appeared on her face it disappears. "I actually never thought I would be going back there." Her face then turns serious. "We seriously need to do planning then. I've got an idea."
"Lay it on me," you egg on. You're already heading towards the control center room but you hear Lopez mutter something about "oh I would love to lay one on you," but you're not sure you heard correctly so you brush it off.
You turn on the holographic map console table in the center of the control room and wait for it to load.
"First things first. We need a map," you instruct.
"I know the Narpollo titan HQ inside and out."
"Perfect. Okay, describe it to me as I draw it out."
It takes a minute before you realize Lopez's description is directing you to draw a horrific holographic version of Rachel Berry.
"Her nose isn't that big, Lopez" you say.
"Is too. You're just used to it."
"Okay, I'm used to her normal nose. What I'm not used to is your sassiness," you challenge her.
In her typical cocky Lopez manner, she shrugs. "My sassy mouth gave a perfect description for you to draw a realistic version of Rachel Berry. Think of how good your 3d Narpollo map will be."
"Or, I just have really good dexterity and finger maneuvering."
Lopez smiles her toothy smile at you. "That I don't doubt."
You look at her for a moment before kicking back into gear. "Come on, let's work," you smile.
/
You two don't realize how late you've stayed up until you see real life Rachel Berry wander in with her bed head at five in the morning to make her atrocious vegan smoothie shake.
"What are you two doing up this early? Why are you laughing?," asks Rachel.
You two are too busy n your own little world to respond to her though, driven by the hyperness that accompanies a lack of sleep and the memory of hideous holographic Rachel with features resembling an orc.
Rachel storms off after not receiving an answer from either of you.
"Should we go get some shut eye?" you ask.
Lopez is grinning at you with drooping, sleepy eyes.
"Don't want to," she whines. You step towards the direction of the door.
"Come on," you say, pulling her by the hands. "We'll have more fun in the afternoon, okay?"
"Okay," she gives in.
"Okay," you smile back.
"Okay," she says back to you.
You look into her eyes for some time before forcing yourself to leave.
"Good morning. Sweet dreams, okay?" you say.
"Okay." As you walk away, you practically feel her eyes on you.
You know that's going to become one of your things with Lopez, not wanting to say goodbye. You hope you'll have more little Lopez-Pierce things to come.
You smile on your way back to your room.
"Okay," you whisper to yourself.